Character Of The Year: Trevor Phillips

Trevor Phillips from Grand Theft Auto V could be considered the Character of the Year.

[Pope_Kaz_Hirai_II]

Trevor is bloody awesome but i wanna give a shout out to Lamar who may have been a muppet he was entertaining as hell.

[mattdillahunty]

i haven't even played GTAV yet, but i'm just gonna go out on a limb and say HELL NO, Ellie takes that award easily.

[dougr]

You haven't even played GTA so why even offer an opinion?

[InMyOpinion]

Because teh cell told him to...

[goldwyncq]

As awesome as Ellie was, no foul-mouthed teenage girl can go against the mighty Trevor Phillips.

[Blaze929]

I would definitely give Lamar videogame character of the year. Hands down. No competition.

[CaptainYesterday]

Lamar really? Why?

[omi25p]

Yeah me to he was so niavely funny

[goldwyncq]

Lame-ar? Dude's not even funny in the slightest.

[Goro]

Damn, you crazy ma nigga

[uncharted56]

The way he said the n word to Franklin was funny and his conversations with Trevor were just hilarious lol.

[3-4-5]

Trevor is great...but...

He is a piece of s***, and near the end of GTA5 becomes nothing but a whinny little annoying B****.

He is a solid character and definitely memorable though.

[Neo-Axl]

I agree with mattdillahunty, I'd give Ellie the honor this time around.

[wls1012]

the year my as... best ever!!!

[Pancit_Canton]

Yeah he's a real role model. /s

Sometimes, I don't know why we reward such bad behavior. Society just blows my mind every time.

[STICKzophrenic]

No one said he's a role model. He's a CHARACTER, meant to entertain, which is exactly what he does. Get over yourself.

[Fez]

Completely agree. He doesn't have to be a role model, cos I wouldn't exactly call Michael or Trevor that either, but the things Trevor does is just too far even for a GTA character.

I mean in his first scene he stamps the brains out of a previous GTA character that lots of people probably got attached to in some way. If you're trying to make a character unlikable then Rockstar did everything right with Trevor.

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He is the main antagonist of the game, and the sickest GTA character of all time. I don't know why people think he's all that? It made the final choice incredibly easy for me.

[goldwyncq]

He's not the main antagonist. Did we even play the same game?

[Fez]

Okay he's not technically the main antagonist of the game but he is clearly the most despicable character in the game. Those guys from the FIB and that Devin guy are nothing compared to Trevor.

I think Rockstar just went too far with what he does. We know he kills innocent people as opposed to obvious video game "baddies" and that he is a massive bully. He likes torture for tortures sake. He rapes his friends too if the rest isn't enough.

It is possible to make bad guys likable. The last film I saw at the cinema was Filth, where the main character is a right bastard but still has elements of humanity that make him likable. Trevor is clearly mental, and any softer side to him, or moments of self-awareness, only serves to make him seem even creepier and more psychotic.

Did you pick up any hitchhikers with Trevor? You have the option to drop them off with that cult in the mountains. The first two times I did what I felt that character would do, and took them there (the fact that he knows where and how to take them shows he has done business with them before.) That this was even an option shows what kind of character Rockstar wanted Trevor to be, and for me it was just too far.

There surely is only one choice for the canon ending...

[Killjoy3000]

Kind of the point, bro. Trevor stomping out Johnny right when you meet him for the first time in-game is pretty much R* saying "You thought Johny was badass and didn't give a f*ck? Meet Trevor."

[Bathyj]

Well hes definitely in the top 2 at the moment. I havent played Beyond yet so it could become a 3 horse race. I think Jodie Holmes will leave me breathless.

He would certainly be the most entertaining but, hands down.

[CaptainYesterday]

I have played both games and I agree with you, and we both are going to get a shit ton of disagrees because of Beyond Two Souls..

[cell989]

Nah not Trevor, see that is overhyping GTAV. Yeah interesting character but of the year?

[goldwyncq]

Who else? Trevor's got a lot more depth than people give him credit for. He's probably the most complex GTA protagonist alongside Niko.

[serratos27]

Definitely he's a crazy mofo but in his own way he's more sane than the other characters in GTA. His character as a whole is interesting and hilarious.

[uncharted56]

Clown Prince of crime himself Joker. hahahahaha

[cell989]

he is the typical cliched psychopath, whats so interesting about that? the only reason I consider him a good character is because he is hilarious, but he couldnt be funny if not because he is a psycho who loves to kill anything that disagrees with him lol, he killed Floyd? why? he obsessed over Brad...anyway Joel or Ellie from TLOU have much more interesting roles, and the character development on that game is better than Trevor in GTAV, he is the same Trevor in the start of the game as he is a the end, we enjoy his carnage through out the game tho

[Irishguy95]

Yeah...why not? Just because the story isn't as good as others doesn't mean the character can't be...I mean look at Uncharted. Crap story great characters.

[RedDevils]

Lol @uncharted crap story wtf??

[cell989]

disagree on that, Uncharted had great story and writing, and characters

[WeAreLegion]

I freakin love Trevor. Still, my favorite character has been Joel.

[Goro]

I bet he's only your favorite character because he's a protagonist in your favorite game, if he was the main character in Megamind or something but still acted the same i doubt you would say that.

[helghast102]

What the hell are you even talking about?

[WeAreLegion]

Seriously. What the heck?

[awesomeperson]

I have to agree there.

Trevor was great, he fit brilliantly into GTA V, his performance was amazing. Steven Ogg did a fantastic job of acting his part, and he should gain a lot of recognition for it.

Although Trevor does have his conflicts, however, I do feel as if Joel was a much more... thought out character. All of his actions contributed to building who he was, showing us the effect of the outbreak on him. This all cumulated in his final decision at the end of the game.

Another outstanding character had to be David. Nolan North did a great job with his voiceacting, so much so that barely anyone knew it was him until the credits rolled. His performance was terrifying.

[Orionsangel]

It's hard not to like Trevor because he's funny, screams a lot and doesn't give a shit, but at the same time he murders an innocent woman in the game. A hard working woman who had all the right in the world to want a disgusting person like that to leave her home. That part made me cringe. I know they kill a lot of people in the game, but up until that moment. They had been killing bad people. Anyway, just something to think about when you pick your favorite game character.

[Animal Mutha 76]

I think Trevor is a fantastic character. His volatility and view of the world is constantly surprising.

With him I can be a redneck and a lunatic. With Franklin I can pretend to be gangsta.

Needless to say I don't use Michael as much because he is most like me. White, middle class and the wrong side of 35.

It's all about escapism and Trevor lets you murder, plunder and torture without stepping out of your own comfort zone.

Probably the best developed game character I've ever used.

[Perjoss]

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[Unztayble]

Trevor is a despicable, broken human being. I don't understand why people think that behavior is "cool." I guess I can understand why he's viewed as funny...

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But if there was no alternate choice in killing him I would've had no problems doing so.

[exceeding09]

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